Ἀθήναις

See also: Αθήναις, Αθηναΐς, and Ἀθηναΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Epigraphically regular omission of monophthongal omicron in case endings.

Proper noun

Ἀθήναις • (Athḗnais) m (genitive Ἀθηναίου); second declension

1. (in epigraphy of the brazen age) Koine form of Ἀθήναιος (Athḗnaios)
   • C.E. 36/7, Dedication by Ephebes to Hermes, reproduced in: Christopher de Lisle, Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections (AIO Papers), volume 11, Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, published 2020, inscription № 4, page 45, line 13:

     Ἀθήναις Ͻ ἐξ Οἴου

     Athḗnais [Athēnaíou] ex Oíou

     Athenais (son of Athenais) of Oion

     2019 translation by Chris de Lisle and Sjoukje M. Kamphorst^[1]

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἀθήναις; τοῦ Ἀθηναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀθήναις ho Athḗnais
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀθηναίου toû Athēnaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀθηναίῳ tôi Athēnaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀθήναιν tòn Athḗnain
Vocative	Ἀθήναιε Athḗnaie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1855) A Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges, a new edition, Hartford: William James Hamersley, § 46, note 4, page 58:

  In inscriptions cut during the brazen period of the language, the endings -ις, -ιν are found for -ιος, -ιον; as Δημήτρις, Ἑλλάδις, Διονύσις, Αὐρήλις, Ιούλις, Απολλινάρις; τὸν Ακέσιν, Αφροδείσιν, Καλλίστιν, Ελευθέριν; neuter τὸ μαρτύριν for μαρτύριον.
  Also ὁ Αθηναις, Ειρηναις, Εστιαις, for Αθήναιος, Εἰρηναῖος, Εστιαῖος.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯s/ → /aˈθi.nɛs/ → /aˈθi.nes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.nɛs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nɛs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nes/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήναις • (Athḗnais) f pl

1. dative of Ᾰ̓θῆναι (Athênai)

Greek

Alternative forms

• Αθήναις (Athínais) — Demotic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθines/
• Hyphenation: Ἀθήναις

Proper noun

Ἀθήναις • (Athḗnais) f

1. (Katharevousa) dative plural of Ἀθῆναι (Athênai)

   (in expression) ἐν Ἀθήναις (en Athḗnais, “in Athens”)